Relationship of Muslim Religiosity and Death Anxiety with the Mediating Effect of Optimism and Depression Among Cancer Patients in Pakistan

Abbas, Qasir; Kanwal, Uzma; Saeed, Wizra; Khan, Muhammad Umar; Shahzadi, Mafia; Faran, Muhammad

doi:10.1007/s10943-021-01415-2

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“…In our study, female sex was positively associated with death anxiety, suggesting that women may have higher levels of death anxiety, which is consistent with the literature (Abbas et al., 2022; Ding, 2016; Postolica et al., 2019; Soleimani et al., 2016; Tang et al., 2011). Previous studies have shown that female cancer patients tend to be more distressed and experience death anxiety (Osborn et al., 2006).…”

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confidence: 92%

“…The meta‐analysis of demographic characteristics showed that age was inversely related to death anxiety in cancer patients, which is consistent with previous research (Abbas et al., 2022; Ding et al., 2015; Liu, 2022; Mansori et al., 2018; Postolica et al., 2019). Younger people are less able to deal with trauma and are more likely to feel distressed than older people (Dobretsova & Derakshan, 2021).…”

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confidence: 90%

“…The meta-analysis of demographic characteristics showed that age was inversely related to death anxiety in cancer patients, which is consistent with previous research (Abbas et al, 2022;Ding et al, 2015;Liu, 2022;Mansori et al, 2018;Postolica et al, 2019).…”

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“…In addition, the heterogeneity of this factor was high, and sensitivity analysis showed that Ding (2016)'s study may have been the source of heterogeneity. This may be related to the inclusion of cancer patients with milder diseases in that study, as 92.7% of patients had no experience with recurrence, whereas other studies have included more patients with advanced cancer (Abbas et al, 2022;Postolica et al, 2019;Soleimani et al, 2016;Tang et al, 2011).…”

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“…At present, many studies have evaluated the factors related to cancer patients' death anxiety, including sociodemographic characteristics, disease factors and psychosocial factors (Emanuel et al., 2023; Hong et al., 2022). For example, younger age (Abbas et al., 2022), female (Abbas et al., 2022), lower education level (Gong et al., 2022), more severe symptom burden (Scheffold et al., 2018), higher depression levels (Afrashteh & Masoumi, 2021), higher anxiety levels (Afrashteh & Masoumi, 2021), greater fear of recurrence (Curran et al., 2020) and greater psychological distress (Gonen et al., 2012) are related to higher levels of death anxiety. Conversely, higher self‐esteem (Yang et al., 2022), spiritual well‐being (Scheffold et al., 2019), resilience (Gong et al., 2022) and quality of life (Soleimani et al., 2016) are related to lower levels of death anxiety.…”

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Correlates of death anxiety for patients with cancer: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Li,

Dong,

Tang

et al. 2024

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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ObjectiveA systematic review and meta‐analysis was performed to identify the factors related to cancer death anxiety based on available evidence.DesignThis systematic review and meta‐analysis followed the PRISMA 2020 guidelines.MethodsSeven databases were searched to identify studies on the relationships of cancer death anxiety with demographic characteristics, disease factors and psychosocial factors from inception to May 2023. The Agency for Medical Research and Quality (AHRQ) scale was used to evaluate the quality of the included studies. After two researchers independently completed the literature search, data extraction and quality evaluation, meta‐analysis was conducted by using RevMan5.3 and Stata 17.0 software.ResultsIn total, 52 studies were included in this review. The results revealed that there were positive correlations of death anxiety with female sex, the symptom burden, anxiety levels, depression levels, fear of recurrence, attachment avoidance, psychological distress, resignation and confrontation coping. Death anxiety was negatively correlated with age, education level, ability to perform daily activities, self‐esteem, spiritual well‐being, sense of meaning in life, resilience, quality of life, social support and religious beliefs.ConclusionsOur results can inform the design of interventions to address death anxiety and improve the overall quality of life of cancer patients. Healthcare professionals should promptly identify and focus on death anxiety in high‐risk populations of cancer patients.Relevance to Clinical PracticeCancer patients commonly experience death anxiety, and this anxiety has a nonnegligible impact on patients' mental health and overall quality of life. This study can inform the development of interventions by clinical healthcare professionals.No Patient or Public ContributionThis was a meta‐analysis based on data from previous studies.

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